Tape-needle.



No. 694,28l. Patented Feb. 25, I902.

' C. L. HUGHES.

TAPE NEEDLE.

ZApplication filed Dec. 1a, 1901.;

(No Model.)

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I J 2 \4 I 1 iiiim/mr g? m: nonms PETERS cc. mum-mun. WASHINGTON D cUNITED rates PATENT OFFICE.

CARRIE L. HUGHES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TAPE-NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 694,281, dated February25, 1902.

Application filed December 16, 1901. Serial No. 86,041. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARRIE LHUGHEsa citizen of the United States, and aresident of Cleveland, county of Guyahoga,State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Tape-Needles, of which I herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in tape-needles; and the objects ofthe invention are to provide a form of construction of the needlewhereby the tape can be inserted in heading and other forms of openfabric and by means of which all danger of twisting of the tape behindthe needle is avoided.

My invention consists in providing the neodle with two eyes, one ateither extremity, and with a catch or detent formed in the body portionof the needle,as hereinafter described, shown in the accompanyingdrawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theneedle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof and of the tapethreaded therein, showing the manner of securing the tape thereto; andFig. 3 is a view of a piece of beading in which the tape and needle areinserted.

In the views, lis the body of the needle, showing it composed of thinfiat metal.

2 is a narrow eye at the pointed end 3, and 4 is a similar eye at therear extremity.

5 is a pointed catch or detent struck integrally from the body of theneedle about centrally between the eyes.

6 is the tape, which is threaded first through it will not twist as itfollows the needle.

In my invention by placing the detent 5 centrally in the body of theneedle and passing the tape through the eye in the point, so that thetape will lie flat over the length of the needle, it will then remainflat in the fabric without twisting.

If desired, alarger tape than can be threaded through the eye can beused by passing it overthe point of the needle and hooking the end overthe detent 5.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A tape-threading needle comprising a thin flatlbody portion, an eye ateach end of the needle, and a pointed detent formed in the body portionbetween the eyes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARRIE L. HUGHES.

Witnesses:

C. H. OLDs, WM. M. MONROE.

